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Because the product details text on the Amazon pages need updating to take the new release date into account for From Shattered Stars, minor corrections are being uploaded to the existing Kindle eBooks at the same time. The paperback editions will be updated with the new interior content, none of which is incredibly compelling.

The Kindle update policy has changed, and existing customers will not receive updates for such trivial changes. The new Kindle versions will be available to new customers tomorrow, with the paperbacks expected to be updated by the day after.

Additionally, it has been discovered that links to Createspace stores now simply redirect to Amazon. Createspace links have therefore been removed from this site. If you don't use Amazon, you can buy signed paperbacks on the official store.

In the run-up to the delayed release of From Shattered Stars, many of you will no doubt be planning to re-read the first three books of the series. If you're reading on Kindle, or using the Kindle app on another device, then before you start you may wish to update to the latest versions.

During that fight, Admiral Betombe and his task force use their wormhole generators in a novel way, with the intention of making life difficult for the intruding Shaeld Hrathan fleet. The problem is... the way I originally wrote that scene, interdiction had already begun throughout the system. So all of the admiral's ships' GNGs should have stalled.

That sequence has now been fixed, and a number of other minor edits have been made to clarify sentences and paragraphs. The Books 1–3 Omnibus gets the same improvements, of course, as do the paperback versions. All volumes have also had their back matter updated to reflect the delayed release of FSS.

If you are uncertain about how to download the updated eBooks to your device, please refer to the final section of the FAQ page.

All the updates are now available for existing customers. You will know if you have the latest versions by checking the back matter — the release date given for From Shattered Stars will have changed to 2017.

You might have noticed the home page now tells you what's new, what's popular, and what's selling.

Clutter has been removed from the home page.

You can now preview the Kindle version of all published books (e.g. Steal from the Devil) using the buttons under the cover image.

Book pages now include snippets of reader feedback for published volumes, with a link to see more. There's also a prominent image link to the posters (if available), and the volume's acronym is included in the volume details. The 'position in series' box now gives a natural language description as well as a bullet list.

You'll find the Store is easier to view on mobile, now that the 'product categories' link layout has been changed.

Images on some store products have been replaced with better, smaller versions (in particular the poster package), with many now using less of your precious bandwidth/data plan.

Some product images now respond to your choice of options.

Option pick-lists on products have been replaced with either/or buttons, to make things easier for customers using mobile devices. You can also now see all the options before you interact with the page.

The Universe page now has a list of subsections before the main content. Wouldn't want you to miss anything!